Posted on October 1, 2021

Daniel Benitez

PlayGround’s 3rd Annual Innovators Showcase Celebrates New Theatres & New Work!

PlayGround has announced the programming lineup for the 3rd annual INNOVATORS SHOWCASE, featuring new works by the 2021 Innovator Incubator Cohort: Analog Theatre, The Chikahan Company, The Forum Collective, Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project, Latinx Mafia, Native Writers’ Theater, Poltergeist Theatre Project, and Theatre Cultura. The Innovator Incubator was launched in 2019 to foster new innovative […]

Posted on September 9, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround’s 28th Season: In-Person & Simulcast

PlayGround, California’s leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, has announced its 28th season, including the return of the celebrated Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series on third Mondays*, Oct-Mar, in-person this year at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage and live simulcast (October 18, 2021-March 21, 2022). The season also includes an extensive array of new play programming […]

Posted on September 9, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Crowded Fire’s In-Person Return!

Crowded Fire Theater returns to in-person theatre with the West Coast Premiere of THE DISPLACED by Isaac Gómez, directed by CFT Artistic Director Mina Morita, with Associate Director Karina Gutiérrez, and featuring Jordan Maria Don and Troy Rockett. Crowded Fire will welcome their community of theater lovers back in-person to the Potrero Stage with this […]

Posted on August 17, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

PDMA & Community Support Local Arts Organizations!

Help double the impact of the Potrero-Dogpatch Performing Arts COVID Relief Fund with your tax-deductible donation! Potrero Hill and Dogpatch area performing arts organizations have been deeply impacted by the pandemic, with no in-person performances for more than a year and performing artists out of work. Even as the City of San Francisco reopens, performing […]

Posted on June 8, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

PlayGround Zoom Fest Continues On-Demand!

PlayGround Zoom Fest Premiere Presentations (originally presented via Zoom live-stream May 10-30), are now available for on-demand viewing through June 13! These fully-developed and produced Zoom Fest Premiere Presentations were the highlight of this year’s new works festival. They are now available for free on-demand viewing, and we invite you to make a donation via […]

Posted on May 13, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Potrero Stagers Membership: The Future of the American Theatre is HERE!

Did you catch the Potrero Stagers Launch Party on May 1? If so, you heard the exciting news about our new POTRERO STAGERS membership program. What are the Potrero Stagers?! POTRERO STAGERS [pə-trer-ō stā-jərz] NOUN (PL.) a community of theatregoers and artists actively engaged with the theatre and theatre-makers of Potrero Stage a pay-as-you-go membership program that unlocks […]

Posted on May 12, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Golden Thread’s New Executive Artistic Director: Sahar Assaf!

Golden Thread Productions proudly announces the appointment of Sahar Assaf as their new Executive Artistic Director. Sahar Assaf (she/her) is a Lebanese theatremaker and professor. She has been active in the Lebanese theatre scene since 2003 as an actor, director, translator, and producer. She’s presented works in Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Belgium, London, Sweden, Poland, Greece, Chicago, and […]

Posted on May 1, 2021

Jim Kleinmann

Potrero Stagers Launch Party Playbill

PlayGround & Potrero Stage present Potrero Stagers Launch Party May 1st 2021 7pm-8:15pm PT via Zoom Live Stream The Slutty Virgin written & performed by Caroline Hawthorne Analog Theatre / The Forum Collective / The Chikahan Company present This Is Not Moose & Tweety directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza created by Rebecca Pingree, Elissa Beth […]